It depends what you are trying to achieve.
From what you say it seems you have managed to set up file sharing across all the computers for that folder you created with permissions for 'all users'. That's a great start because home networks can beat many users.
XP permissions are difficult to manage and I won't pretend I know anything about it, but if it now works, what more do you need?
Mark
I have some computers set up for peer-to-peer (i.e. workgroup) networking, and I created a folder on one of them and made it into a shared folder.
Strangely, even though I give several users explicit permission, they are unable to access the folder. The only way to make it work is to give "everyone" permission.
All the computers have the same set of user accounts with same user names and passwords.
Is there any tool that can tell me why access is denied so I can fix the problem without blindly checking every settings?

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